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Fighter bonuses, attendance and live gate for UFC 112

From Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates UFC 112 is in the books. Once again the UFC shelled out for its deserving fighters, handing out $75,000 to the “Fight of the Night”, “Knockout of the Night” and “Submission of the Night” winners.

And once again the UFC broke live gate and attendance records for the venue holding the event.

First, the winners of the bonuses.

Mark Munoz and Kendall Grove took home the “Fight of the Night” bonus for their back-and-forth two round battle. Welterweight DeMarques Johnson earned the “Knockout of the Night” for his finish of [fighter] while Rafael Dos Anjos earned the “Submission of the Night” for his armbar finish of Terry Etim.

UFC 112 took in a live gate figure of an estimated $3.5 million with an attendance of 11,008 at Concert Arena which is supposedly to be torn down in the next few days after being constructed for the event.